Minnesota Wild: Devin Setoguchi, Jason Zucker contributed -- then sat

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- The line of Matt Cullen, Devin Setoguchi and Jason Zucker started strong Thursday night, Feb. 28, in Phoenix and finished -- at least two-thirds of the line -- with not a lot of ice time.

Don't read anything into that, coach Mike Yeo said Friday before the Wild played their second game in two nights against the Anaheim Ducks at the Honda Center. Situations differ, Yeo said.

But Setoguchi had just five shifts in the third period and Zucker three.

Asked about that line after the game, Yeo said only, "They got us started, for sure."

Zucker stuffed a Cullen pass into the net just 1:35 into the game, and Minnesota went on to defeat the Coyotes 4-3.

"When we get our speed going and we get those rushes, Zucks and I just go to the net and stick on the ice," Setoguchi said. "Cully made a nice play and (Zucker) has got so much speed, it's hard to stop when he's going back-door like that. We should have had two -- I hit the post right after that."

Still, Setoguchi totaled just 10 minutes, 33 seconds of ice time while Zucker was on the ice for 7:05.

Cullen, who plays on power plays and penalty kills, totaled 16:04 of ice time.

"We were using a lot of guys," Yeo said, adding that sometimes less ice time stems from other guys playing well.

Yeo said Zucker, who has three goals in just five games of NHL experience, continues to learn and grow on defense and that the coaching staff will continue to work with him.

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As for Setoguchi, Yeo said that because the Wild had the lead, he was looking for specific matchups, "and that's just the way that it fell."

Setoguchi said he hated to see Minnesota's lead cut from 4-1 near the end, beginning with a fluke goal that bounced crazily off a stanchion between glass panels and skittered into the net.

"Phoniest goal I ever saw," he said. "But the name of the game is getting two points, and we did a good job of that."